Attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh

The Attacks on Bien Hoa and Long Binh occurred from 31 January to 2 February 1968 during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War.

During the Viet Cong and NVA attack on the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, the communist forces also targeted the airbase of Bien Hoa and the towns and countryside arond Long Binh. The Viet Cong commandoes managed to slip through the wires of Long Binh and blow up a huge ammunition dump, creating a mushroom cloud which some Americans thought was a nuclear explosion. The Viet Cong and NVA were eventually pushed back with heavy losses due to their commitment to piecemeal attacks rather than all-out assaults, and the damage done to the bases was relatively minimal. In the aftermath of the attacks, the US upgraded their bases' fortifications to protect them from further communist attacks.